Aerial Archaeology in Ireland - The Heritage Council
Aerial Archaeology in Ireland - The Heritage Council
Aerial Archaeology in Ireland - The Heritage Council
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10<br />
Foreword<br />
One of the <strong>in</strong>itiatives identified by the <strong>Heritage</strong> <strong>Council</strong>’s Strategic Plan 2007-2013 is that archaeological research issues and<br />
practice <strong>in</strong> the widest sense should be more overtly and consistently identified and from time to time reviewed. <strong>The</strong>se research<br />
issues should also engage more with what both specialists and local communities f<strong>in</strong>d <strong>in</strong>terest<strong>in</strong>g about the past. To contribute<br />
to this the <strong>Heritage</strong> <strong>Council</strong> commissioned Mr George Lambrick to exam<strong>in</strong>e aerial archaeology <strong>in</strong> <strong>Ireland</strong>. <strong>Aerial</strong> <strong>Archaeology</strong> is<br />
the practice of us<strong>in</strong>g aircraft (or <strong>in</strong> some cases satellites) to provide a high-level view of the landscape based on conventional<br />
photography and a range of remote sens<strong>in</strong>g technologies. That review is presented here.<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Heritage</strong> <strong>Council</strong> thanks the author and those who allowed their images to be produced. <strong>The</strong> <strong>Council</strong> hopes that this report<br />
will demonstrate that aerial archaeology has a fundamental role <strong>in</strong> the discovery, understand<strong>in</strong>g, management and presentation<br />
of <strong>Ireland</strong>’s historic landscapes.<br />
Michael Starrett